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Hi I'm fairly new here and have considered posting my BS's but felt a little aukward as mine tend to be very low compared to some of you. I think I am sort of borderline with my diabetes, My 30 averages are;

Fasting 5.5 Before meals 5.0 after 2hour 6.1, but just had a home made chicken curry all vegetables mushrooms peppers tomatoes onions peas, chicken, 'Pataks' Madras Curry paste, same as I have had before, very little carbs except a wholemeal pitta bread but thats low also, last time i had this 5.7.... This time 5.0 before 2 hours 7.7 I dont know what happend? 3hrs 5.7 where do these changes come from.........
 
kevkave1 said:
Mine was 5·2 fasting ad small tin of spaghetti n scrambled egg two hour later 9·1 ad two small low low cheese n ham bread buns at dinner pasta meal which was a ready meal as i was at work 4 evening meal tested b4 bed still 9·1 see what fasting is in morning

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Hmmmm.....pasta and bread. Not good for your bg. The numbers don't lie. :eek:
 
daddys1 said:
Hi I'm fairly new here and have considered posting my BS's but felt a little aukward as mine tend to be very low compared to some of you. I think I am sort of borderline with my diabetes, My 30 averages are;

Fasting 5.5 Before meals 5.0 after 2hour 6.1, but just had a home made chicken curry all vegetables mushrooms peppers tomatoes onions peas, chicken, 'Pataks' Madras Curry paste, same as I have had before, very little carbs except a wholemeal pitta bread but thats low also, last time i had this 5.7.... This time 5.0 before 2 hours 7.7 I dont know what happend? 3hrs 5.7 where do these changes come from.........
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Bearable figures I suppose :grumpy:. He he
 
Mike D said:
5.7 fs AND ABOUT TO TEST AGAIN :)
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More weirdness

Fasting of 5.7. One hour post breakfast it shot up to 8.7 ... so I immediately took off on a three minute walk (and no more than that) and tested again as soon as I sat down. It's 6.9.

I just do not get this but it clearly suggest I have to go for a brief walk after food. Anyone else experience this ?

Mike
 
Mike D said:
More weirdness

Fasting of 5.7. One hour post breakfast it shot up to 8.7 ... so I immediately took off on a three minute walk (and no more than that) and tested again as soon as I sat down. It's 6.9.

I just do not get this but it clearly suggest I have to go for a brief walk after food. Anyone else experience this ?

Mike
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That's the recommended time to walk. Diabetic or not. Also drinking water helps reduce your bg
 
I'll test again in another hour but I'm just lost understanding why.

I just voted in our state elections and got caught behind an idiot who couldn't understand simple directions on how to complete the form so that set me off ... stress methinks
 
Mike D said:
I'll test again in another hour but I'm just lost understanding why.

I just voted in our state elections and got caught behind an idiot who couldn't understand simple directions on how to complete the form so that set me off ... stress methinks
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Could be mike. That does it for me. Off to bed. Night
 
ally1 said:
notsosweet, my readings in the beginning were over 30 but they,ve come down with the help of meds and knowing what not too eat
yours will come down
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Thanks Ally, all back to normal now thanks to Jack's advice and a bit of discipline on my part. Had to come off of the metformin though as it caused a lot of problems and I got dehydrated and low blood pressure etc due to continual trips to the toilet.
I hope you are ok x
 
jack412 said:
I wasn't expecting that, no one listens to me about taking drugs and is why I said about the 2 week hard core :)
if you get meds, you don't need to hard core the diet as much, the atkins 20g of carb a day is hard work, 50g is a lot easier and up to 100 I think is still low carb, but some sensitive people will still put on weight at 100g carb
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Thank you so much Jack! I hope you are well!
 
NotSoSweet2 said:
Thank you so much Jack! I hope you are well!
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sounds like you've had a busy fortnight ..I forgot to tell you, you need to buy bulk toilet paper for the first week of metformin:)..ask the dr for slow release metformin, if you are able to take it and most people can after an initial upset, it is one of the better drugs.

so tell us all, how normal is back to normal and what diet/drugs are you doing?
 
jack412 said:
sounds like you've had a busy fortnight ..I forgot to tell you, you need to buy bulk toilet paper for the first week of metformin:)..ask the dr for slow release metformin, if you are able to take it and most people can after an initial upset, it is one of the better drugs.

so tell us all, how normal is back to normal and what diet/drugs are you doing?
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Hi Jack, No I was already on the metaformin for about 5 months, just made me too ill, (I have a very sensitive stomach at the best of times) I even had to cut out the lansoprazole so its back to just diet alone now.

I took your advice and modified my diet and cut out the carbs and within a week everything was back to normal. I also used coconut oil and cinnamon. I did buy a meter though which I find very useful.

How are you?
 
I'd say after 5 months, you gave it more than a good shot, you're one of the few that can't take them.
you may find you won't get the stomach acid with LowCarbHighFat, I only get it with alcohol now.
if you get reflux, I put a brick/s under the head of the bed, to make it higher so that the bed is on a 4" slope, this stopped it.

I'm so glad just the reduced carbs did the job for you, with weight in the normal range, it resets your long term prognosis

My Bg is good, I get my A1c this week and I hope my triglycerides are lower and hdl higher than they were 6 mths ago, even though my total cholesterol was only 2.7 .. my weight is stuck between 102-5kg [more diet motivation, too much protein and 'just this once' carbs.]
 
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andbreathe, i,ve decided to give the surgery a call this morning and see my gp, you are right, they should be keeping an eye on me
 
Good move @ally1 .Please let us know how you get. on They definitely should be taking better care of you given recent events
 
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